Latest Conference Articles

November 6th 2016, 9:30pm

LUGPA Annual Meeting

Following a long drought in the development of bladder cancer treatments, the field is now poised to benefit from a series of rapid advances ushered in by highly effective immunotherapies.

November 6th 2016, 12:33am

Kidney Cancer Symposium

The dual inhibitor combination of lenvatinib and everolimus is becoming an essential second-line treatment option in advanced renal cell carcinoma, and research to move the regimen into frontline settings is underway.

November 5th 2016, 11:45pm

LUGPA Annual Meeting

A window of opportunity exists in which some patients with non–muscle-invasive bladder cancer could benefit from trying novel second-line therapies prior to surgery.

November 5th 2016, 11:23pm

Kidney Cancer Symposium

Looking ahead to 2020, most participants on an expert panel projected that immunotherapy will be critical to optimizing outcomes in the adjuvant setting for patients with renal cell carcinoma.

November 5th 2016, 10:19pm

LUGPA Annual Meeting

When it comes to the burgeoning arena of biomarkers in bladder cancer, the value proposition is compelling, although the utility and costs need to be better defined, according to Badrinath Konety, MD, MBA.

November 5th 2016, 9:36pm

Kidney Cancer Symposium

Cabozantinib demonstrated consistent benefits compared with everolimus for patients with advanced, pretreated renal cell carcinoma in a subgroup analysis of the phase III METEOR trial that explored MET expression.

November 5th 2016, 5:48pm

Kidney Cancer Symposium

Thomas E. Hutson, DO, PharmD, director of the Genitourinary Oncology Program, Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center at Baylor University Medical Center, discusses the efficacy associated with the combination of levantinib (Lenvima) and everolimus (Afinitor) in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC).

November 5th 2016, 5:00pm

Kidney Cancer Symposium

Naomi B. Haas, MD, director, Prostate and Kidney Cancer Program Associate Professor of Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, discusses results of 2 ongoing clinical trials looking at adjuvant therapy options in renal cell carcinoma (RCC).

November 5th 2016, 4:31am

Kidney Cancer Symposium

Conflicting results from large adjuvant studies for renal cell carcinoma may have been caused by differences between the clinical trial designs, patient populations, and assessment criteria.

November 5th 2016, 2:04am

Kidney Cancer Symposium

Elizabeth Plimack, MD, director of Genitourinary Clinical Research at Fox Chase Cancer Center, discusses updated findings from the CheckMate-025 trial, which compared the efficacy of nivolumab (Opdivo) with everolimus (Afinitor) in patients with renal cell carcinoma.

November 5th 2016, 1:46am

LUGPA Annual Meeting

Dr. Geoffrey Sklar, Chief Medical Officer, Chesapeake Urology Associates, spoke with OncLive about some of the exciting advancements in bladder cancer during the LUGPA Annual Meeting.

November 5th 2016, 1:40am

Kidney Cancer Symposium

Neoadjuvant therapy is evolving as a treatment approach for patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma.

November 5th 2016, 1:28am

Kidney Cancer Symposium

Toni K. Choueiri, MD, dives into the ongoing research with volitinib, the competing yet complementary roles of targeted agents and immunotherapy, and the most important steps to take with biomarker research in the field of renal cell carcinoma.

November 5th 2016, 1:23am

Kidney Cancer Symposium

Nicholas G. Cost, MD, assistant professor, Surgery-Urology, Department of Pediatric Urology/ Urologic Oncology, University of Colorado Denver, discusses a clinical trial exploring pembrolizumab (Keytruda) plus axitinib (Inlyta) in patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC).

November 5th 2016, 1:10am

LUGPA Annual Meeting

The life expectancy of patients with metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer has doubled in recent years thanks to a multitude of new therapies, and there are still many more advancements to come.

November 4th 2016, 7:35pm

LUGPA Annual Meeting

Richard Harris, MD, of UroPartners, says there are many exciting advancements currently happening in the field of prostate cancer. Harris shared his insights during an interview with OncLive at the 2016 LUGPA Annual Meeting.

November 4th 2016, 7:31pm

LUGPA Annual Meeting

Gary Kirsh, MD, President of The Urology Group and the Large Urology Group Practice Association (LUGPA), discusses this exciting phase in prostate cancer care. Kirsh shared his insights during an interview with OncLive at the 2016 LUGPA Annual Meeting.

October 11th 2016, 11:46pm

ESMO Congress: Breast Cancer

Richard S. Finn, MD, associate professor of Medicine at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, discusses the phase III PALOMA-2 trial during an interview at the 2016 ESMO Congress.

October 11th 2016, 11:41pm

ESMO Congress: Lung Cancer

Giorgio Scagliotti, MD, PhD, professor of Medical Oncology, University of Torino, discusses the design and the results of the phase III ASCEND-5 study during an interview at the 2016 ESMO Congress.

October 11th 2016, 2:50am

ESMO Congress: Breast Cancer

First-line treatment with fulvestrant led to significantly better progression-free survival compared with anastrozole for patients with HR-positive advanced breast cancer.